Subj : C++ standard version in GoldEd
To   : Vitaliy Aksyonov
From : Kai Richter
Date : Tue Sep 26 2023 11:22 pm

Hello Vitaliy!

26 Sep 23, Vitaliy Aksyonov wrote to All:

 VA> My question is which C++ stnadard version may be appropriate in
 VA> GoldEd?

Well, i'm not qualified to answer that question.

 VA> If it's possible to start using C++11, code may be made much safer
 VA> with modern features

From a user point of view i don't care much about modern or old code as long it 
is working code. From a fidonet member point of view i would like to see 
support for as many as possible hard- and software platforms. On the other hand 
old code running on old hard- and software will continue to work on old systems 
like they do now.

If your question is if it's possible to break with backwards compatibilty then 
my qualified answer is: Yes, it's possible because of the content in the 
gold_usr.txt:

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I would rather release the source code and let
interested users carry it onwards at their own pace. So after careful
examination of the variety of open source compliant licenses out
there, I chose GPL and LGPL.

Thank you for your support and understanding.

Odinn Sorensen.
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So thanks to Odinn and open source you are on your own. :-)

Feel free to start your own fork - maybe "golded++"? ;-)  Let the legacy code 
experts decide which code could be merged to the legacy builds.

Regards

Kai

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